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Please say hello to the OM1

…yes…here they are…

first roll of film from my own analog camera…

OM1 + 50/1.8 + trix @ 400

took a long walk…from frogner to karl johan to gronland to grünerløkka to carl berners to skoyen

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started waking from home…goto karl johan…
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walked to oslo central station…and took a pic in a reflection…this is quite artsy…i would get a dd for this
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then to oslo bus termial…waited for a bird to get in the frame…
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then to gronland…and the pic is a good reflection of how the place is…
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flea maket under the flyover at gronland
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an oof flea maket under the flyover at gronland
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in a place like this its good to wear a helmet…never know when a dopehead will attack you…
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or maybe the old people will try to Gnaw you
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stopped for lunch at a pakistani place…overlooking gronland train station
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met some random nice people…
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beer being refilled for the weekend
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some people where doing something
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decisive moment…oh yeah
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walked to grünerløkka and found her sending a sms…
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and someone walking dogs
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poor sod had managed to crash his car at carl berners
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back to work and found rakel working…
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evening went to chris’s place…to meet up with thomas who just quit…guess this is 1/4…i pretty much sux at 1/4
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as always carlsberg
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and as always chris made some shots…and lit them on fire…nice
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sverre was there too…
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chris talking about how he was caught in between a gang war and got shot in his abdomen…he is gangster
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and marna is pretty
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went to hilde’s place to meetup with the girls…
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hmm…1/4 again??? but looks neat methinks
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at this point veroinca decided to goto sleep and i decided to go home…
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old man on the bus with skates…hmm hope he has insurance
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next day me roomies and me went to a not so abandoned mental asylum
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me friendly austrian roomies looking sharp
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and me trying to take a sharp pic for once
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and thats how the roll ended…

hope you had a great weekend…

Easter 2008

i hate holidays…i was not born with this condition…

as a kid i loved holidays…playing with friends all day…good times…

but it sux now…its not fun to be all by yourself…

so as easter approached…i was getting nervous…five days of boredom…

luckily for me…markus and helga were not going to austria or anywhere else…awesome

so this is what we did all easter

food and wine and some pictures…

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markus and helga made some schnitzel
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markus got busy taking pics of his lady
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while einar was wondering how on earth did he end up eating with us…its a miracle..
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for surhud
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ahhhhhhh…this is sin…trust me…its the bestest things…ok the cake helga makes is also equally good
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pork and fries
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i made some pork…+fav
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reached the 512 page of State Of Fear
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quick dessert
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lasagna
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the last day i made some bhaji…this was the recipe…because i am so hi-tech…i did not write it…take a pic and refer to that…awesome…no pics of the food though…also the grilled chicken i made is missing…

but you get the gist…all easter…we had good food and cheap wine…

High speed new year, valentines day and east side

…no i was not on speed…

the film was high-speed…Ilford 3200 which i bought in london how boring…whatever…

this time i had loaned a Nikon FM + 50/2.8 and later a Nikon FM + 35/2 from some guys at work…i am pretty good at mooching off stuff…

anyways…this the analog version of a bit of the >new year<

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was invited by helene to a party at her house
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where we had beer…very norwegian
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and pretty people…with some dust for added effect…

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and pretty people…with no dust…digital sux…i should find a filter to add artsy dust
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last train to transcentral…underexposed…
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film sees an asshole


sensor sees an asshole

the camera never lies
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lots of people out to watch the last year of fireworks as from next year rockets are banned…protecting people from themselves…me does not like
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happy new year…analog


happy new year…digital
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some artsy diptych

at this point…i had to return the Nikon FM + 50/2.8…so rewinded 14 frames under a blanket so that i could feel the film and not let all of it into the roll!!! maybe a month back loaned the Nikon FM + 35/2…clicked 14 frames with the cap on…and luckily the 14 frames did not fuck up…i am god
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markus likes burnout paradise
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helga likes cookies
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both of them also happen to like each other…
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and i like taking photos of myself whenever i find a mirror…awesome…btw notice rakel ducking to avoid being shot…
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so i stalked her…and followed her into the mocap room…where she tried to kick me in the face…
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finally…so much hassles for one frame…
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this swede helped me get the om2…thx man
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it was valentines day and i found this in the kitchen table…markus and helga being all romantic…nice
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on my way home from work…thats under skoyen station
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this is in my room as seen by ilford3200

this is in my room as seen by canon 30D
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had to return the Nikon FM + 35/2 so took it for a walk…this time the east side of olso…gronland…this is where all the…ahem…pakistanis live…
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there is flea market on saturdays under this bridge
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fucked up…camera metered the sky…
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rich had a concert here last summer

…the concert from last year
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this one is for surhud…BATATA means potato in hindi!!! what the fuck!!!
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3200 f22@ 1/1000…hardcore…
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at this point i could not feel my fingertips and just wanted to be done with the last two frames
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…this is brugata…

goto go home…make some nice dinner for roomies and me…and then watch formula one…

tomorrow back to work…

take care

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